Advisory Board

Stephan Schmidt Group Director Sales, Marketing and Application Technology

Managing Director of Schunk Ingenieurkeramik GmbH and ESK-SIC GmbH Head of the Technical Ceramics Business Unit, Schunk Group Chairman of the Board, German Ceramic Industry Association (VKI) Board Member, German Ceramic Society (DKG)

Lawyer and Managing Director of the Employers’ Associations for Stone, Earth and Ceramics This is a cooperation of business and employers’ associations: BKRI – Federal Association of Ceramic Raw Materials and Industrial Minerals Rhenish Employers’ Association for Stone and Earth Employers’ Association for Stone and Earth Hesse and Thuringia Association of Building Materials and Services Hessenbeton These associations represent more than 200 member companies with over 20,000 employees.

Owner and Managing Director of KTS Kärlicher Ton- und Schamottewerke

Villeroy & Boch AG Head of Production and Technology

Managing Director of BCE Special Ceramics GmbH

Managing Director of the Montabaur Regional Office, Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Koblenz, responsible for the Rhein-Lahn and Westerwald districts**